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when we look at the pew polling, president obama was leading mitt romney in foreign policy sort of in september coming out of the elections, he was leading on the question of foreign policy 53-38. post libya benghazi, death of the ambassador, it's 47/43%. there are points to be scored. i think you're right. is that what we're going to hear or is there any opportunity for a substantive conversation about what we should be up to in the world. >> we should have a substantive conversation. although we can talk about benghazi or iran, the new story, really what we need is a context for what's going on. clearly, for instance, winston churchill, 1946 gave context with his iron curtain speech. we needed that speech, but only for our times. the candidate who gives it tomorrow night, whether president obama or governor romney, the one who gives that context, is going to be the one who changes the terms of debate and it's basically, i think, going to carry the election. >> you know, it's interesting that you make that point about context. we went back to tenth grade u.s. and world history where
when we look at the pew polling, president obama was leading mitt romney in foreign policy sort of in september coming out of the elections, he was leading on the question of foreign policy 53-38. post libya benghazi, death of the ambassador, it's 47/43%. there are points to be scored. i think you're right. is that what we're going to hear or is there any opportunity for a substantive conversation about what we should be up to in the world. >> we should have a substantive conversation....
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romney is polling ahead with seniors overall. he has sort of a 49% to 41% over president obama. but look at this poll which is from before the 47% comment, this poll when -- when asked who is better on issues affecting seniors, this contract, as you were just talking about, president obama has a big lead over mitt romney so we have seniors saying that president obama is better on specific issues. how do you think this ends up getting reconciled in the polls? >> i feel as i speak to seniors that they have trust in president obama. and -- at a time in their life when it is -- it is -- actually crucial that they get their been pits and they have a say on how it is going to be used, and -- the ones that -- kind of are interested in romney is those people, some of them are not really into it. and i will be honest with you, you speak to them and -- they are neither here nor there because of the pagts that they know or don't know. but i think as time goes on, especially now, after the boo session, lit wake them up. >> let me ask about -
romney is polling ahead with seniors overall. he has sort of a 49% to 41% over president obama. but look at this poll which is from before the 47% comment, this poll when -- when asked who is better on issues affecting seniors, this contract, as you were just talking about, president obama has a big lead over mitt romney so we have seniors saying that president obama is better on specific issues. how do you think this ends up getting reconciled in the polls? >> i feel as i speak to...
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according to our recent poll, obama is ahead over romney. as you know, if you've about been paying attention to this week in voter suppression, running a running an effective campaign just plan a. this year state republican law marmers have drafted a blue print for a plan b which goes something like this. if you can't get enough people to vote for you, go out of your way to make sure that enough people don't vote for the other guy. even if that means appealing all the way to the supreme court. which is exactly what the ohio secretary of state jon husted is trying to do. the attorney general from 15 other states joined him yesterday with an amicus brief in support, and here's why those three days mater. 2008, 97,000 votes were cast in ohio the three days before election day. and the vast majority of those votes were cast by african-americans to when the state and the presidency. this year thanks to ohio state those votes might never be cast and neither could the victory that they could help deliver to president obama. joining me, barbara, gle
according to our recent poll, obama is ahead over romney. as you know, if you've about been paying attention to this week in voter suppression, running a running an effective campaign just plan a. this year state republican law marmers have drafted a blue print for a plan b which goes something like this. if you can't get enough people to vote for you, go out of your way to make sure that enough people don't vote for the other guy. even if that means appealing all the way to the supreme court....
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that same nbc poll this week showed romney underperforming with white voters. and if that stays true, romney will need the latino vote more than ever. given his previously stated and ridiculed policy of deportation for undocumented immigrants and the fact that romney passed over rubio for paul ryan who wants to build a fence along the mexican border, what can we do to fix this? joining me from washington, d.c. is manuel roy frenzia. i have buddy roemer, alicia menendez, "the washington post" jonathan capehart and mr. roy ortega. what will he say in his introduction of mitt romney? >> he'll stick to the script and talk about how romney is going to help him, help america get more jobs and improve the economy. and he'll also talk about you can be sure something along the lines of american exceptionalism, he used his own family store to talk about how america has a special obligation, special place in the world and a special prominence. >> i find rubio so interesting as his choice standing there between the two candidates n part because he was baptized mormon, went
that same nbc poll this week showed romney underperforming with white voters. and if that stays true, romney will need the latino vote more than ever. given his previously stated and ridiculed policy of deportation for undocumented immigrants and the fact that romney passed over rubio for paul ryan who wants to build a fence along the mexican border, what can we do to fix this? joining me from washington, d.c. is manuel roy frenzia. i have buddy roemer, alicia menendez, "the washington...
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ryan and romney will talk about it philosophically in the abstract. obama and biden and others will talk about the other. the polls show people don't like government but they like government programs, so that's going to be what the fall's about. >> i think at this point the reason it's so important, if you say government, it's this thing out there, right, and it's often represented by bureaucrats whose names i don't know. then you say we're laying off bur carats or government workers, but then you say we're laying off teachers, then you hear, oh, i'm sorry, i didn't realize we were talking about teachers. what about the road you drive on? oh, i like that. so is there something here in the american notion of government that we've had, delinked over history where we say i don't like government but, hey, government hands off my medicare, for example, which is what we saw in the tea party movement. >> that's exactly the point. this idea that conservatives have that we just get rid of government and go back to our own price would be great. the experience o
ryan and romney will talk about it philosophically in the abstract. obama and biden and others will talk about the other. the polls show people don't like government but they like government programs, so that's going to be what the fall's about. >> i think at this point the reason it's so important, if you say government, it's this thing out there, right, and it's often represented by bureaucrats whose names i don't know. then you say we're laying off bur carats or government workers, but...
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. >> the only one that gets help is romney. we saw where we figured out under this plan, gets to pay 0.6%. >> there was a kaiser family foundation poll that said democrats and independents put the deficit in the third most important thing to focus on. only republicans think that debt and deficit is the number one thing in the election. who is romney talking to? is this a base turnout strategy. is that why he picked ryan? otherwise, it really doesn't make any sent. >> i appreciate it and appreciate that we come back to the language of kids. that's what we're in part talking about. can't talk about the debt without people consistently talking about what are we doing to the future and the kids. that will continue to be our focus. thank you, all. coming up, more on our kids. talk about an emergency. the way forward for public education goes to this table, next. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. t
. >> the only one that gets help is romney. we saw where we figured out under this plan, gets to pay 0.6%. >> there was a kaiser family foundation poll that said democrats and independents put the deficit in the third most important thing to focus on. only republicans think that debt and deficit is the number one thing in the election. who is romney talking to? is this a base turnout strategy. is that why he picked ryan? otherwise, it really doesn't make any sent. >> i...
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and then let's look at the same poll about romney's support. now, yes, he has the support of republican women. 85% of republican women are saying they support mitt romney. but even among white women where in every poll i've seen previous to this, he was at least at 50%. he is now even among white women, among women over 50 and among married women well under that 50% rate. and so, again, overall you end up with this enormous gap between obama and romney. >> i want to add to rebecca's point about the idea of the women sigh a little harder. this week when we heard so many lies, there was a defense that said well, we're talking about a fund mental disagreement about the role of government. so here's something that was not based on a lie but is based on a misconception. this idea when she says we sigh a little harder, it's this idea that women are always going to have it harder, as if you acknowledge disparity, that's enough, okay, the women, i'm with you. if you say that things are harder, then that's enough as opposed to a serious set of policy pr
and then let's look at the same poll about romney's support. now, yes, he has the support of republican women. 85% of republican women are saying they support mitt romney. but even among white women where in every poll i've seen previous to this, he was at least at 50%. he is now even among white women, among women over 50 and among married women well under that 50% rate. and so, again, overall you end up with this enormous gap between obama and romney. >> i want to add to rebecca's point...
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right now polls show that in key states like ohio, president obama leads mitt romney 2:1 or 60% to 30% with early voters. remains to be seen what strategy will seal the deal and who will win this election. but come election day, it will be clear whether the right strategy was galvanize voters early, early, early, or just hope they show up on election day. let's go to our table of experts. we -- look, this is it. 2450es are the final days. this is serious politics. so what's happening here particularly among my strategists. is it about targeting 106 counties, is it about early, early, swing voters, what is the winning strategy? >> what's going on is we have a gruff's race for ohio going on and barack obama and mitt romney are the candidates. we're dead in in terms of focusing in on specific counties because everyone's focused on ohio and i think to some degree candidates and people down at the county level in ohio may have better feel than some looking at polls and super pacs at the national level. >> we've been having a mike problem. but if you didn't hear out there, he's saying we hav
right now polls show that in key states like ohio, president obama leads mitt romney 2:1 or 60% to 30% with early voters. remains to be seen what strategy will seal the deal and who will win this election. but come election day, it will be clear whether the right strategy was galvanize voters early, early, early, or just hope they show up on election day. let's go to our table of experts. we -- look, this is it. 2450es are the final days. this is serious politics. so what's happening here...
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since then the romney/ryan campaign says they have raised $10 million. not a bad week. but as much as their bank balance went up, gallup's national poll stayed pretty much where it had been. since the country is just getting to really know congressman ryan, they have been starting with the thing that he's best known for, his controversial budget plan. which would cut corporate and 1% of taxes drastically. all while increasing the deficit that ryan claims to dislike so much. now romney has said he would sign the ryan budget, but after the week of ryan as his running mate, we are still not exactly sure he would actually run on the ryan budget. so let's follow the bouncing romney, shall we? on sunday, romney told cbs news that he wouldn't be running on the ryan plan since he has his very own. the next day, monday, they were for it again with romney saying, quote, my plan for medicare is very similar to his, meaning ryan's plan for medicare. so romney's own plan might as well be ryan's plan anyway, but wait, there's more. on tuesday, against it. romney's surrogate told cnn
since then the romney/ryan campaign says they have raised $10 million. not a bad week. but as much as their bank balance went up, gallup's national poll stayed pretty much where it had been. since the country is just getting to really know congressman ryan, they have been starting with the thing that he's best known for, his controversial budget plan. which would cut corporate and 1% of taxes drastically. all while increasing the deficit that ryan claims to dislike so much. now romney has said...
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so we have mitt romney at 37%. president obama at 57% among the swing state women, and precisely the voters who could choose whom the next president will be, and if that is driven by pro choice rhetoric, then it might change in the general election? >> well, it might change, but if you look at the battles over reproduction rights, they have played out over several decades already. people won't forget by november who has basically championed an agenda in terms of the interest groups and parties. certainly not the democrats and not the progressives that literally inserts probes into women's bodies. i have gotten to know while i am a little bit harvard at the i.n.s.b tut of politics, people who work in regions and former elected officials from places like oklahoma which does have a very frightening law on the books right now which is held up by sort of a judicial review, but this is not over. this is not over and won't be over. >> and transvaginal moment has led us to accept general ultrasound laws that are literally
so we have mitt romney at 37%. president obama at 57% among the swing state women, and precisely the voters who could choose whom the next president will be, and if that is driven by pro choice rhetoric, then it might change in the general election? >> well, it might change, but if you look at the battles over reproduction rights, they have played out over several decades already. people won't forget by november who has basically championed an agenda in terms of the interest groups and...
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if i was mitt romney, i'd be a little concerned are are absolutely. basically too close to call at this point. i'm heading down to charlotte later on today, and this is undoubtedly going to be charlotte on the national stage. thank you so much, mayor, anthony fox. >> thank you, melissa. >> before the convention, a programming note. tomorrow, msnbc will air an hour-long documentary called president obama, making history. in this excerpts, a look at what the president inherited when he took the oath of office. >> two wars, a broken health care system, economy on the verge of collapse, mill pho mil facing foreclosure. >> "barack obama: making history" post hosted by chris matthews, right here on monday on msnbc. we'll be right back. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used mor
if i was mitt romney, i'd be a little concerned are are absolutely. basically too close to call at this point. i'm heading down to charlotte later on today, and this is undoubtedly going to be charlotte on the national stage. thank you so much, mayor, anthony fox. >> thank you, melissa. >> before the convention, a programming note. tomorrow, msnbc will air an hour-long documentary called president obama, making history. in this excerpts, a look at what the president inherited when...
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in the recent nbc/marist poll, mitt romney leading by seven points in wisconsin, where 39 delegates on the line. and the "milwaukee journal sentinal" endorsed romney. in the event that the jelly beans don't liadd up for santor, will his affiliation with the right lead to an interesting convention. kiki mclean and rich gale in and from milwaukee, wisconsin state senator lena taylor. also joining us john nichols, author of "uprising." he lives and works out of wisconsin, but joins us from denver. thank you for being here. john, i want to start with you since are you new to our table, via satellite. rick santorum this week is saying he won't be unrealistic about staying in the race, but i wonder, if santorum loses wisconsin is this the end of santorum's campaign? >> it's pretty close to that. rick santorum has gone in in a big way in wisconsin. he campaigned hard, went to the right places, has gone to the factory towns of wisconsin's eastern shore along lake michigan. those are traditional, blue collar and very overwhelmingly catholic areas where he thought he would make a real break thro
in the recent nbc/marist poll, mitt romney leading by seven points in wisconsin, where 39 delegates on the line. and the "milwaukee journal sentinal" endorsed romney. in the event that the jelly beans don't liadd up for santor, will his affiliation with the right lead to an interesting convention. kiki mclean and rich gale in and from milwaukee, wisconsin state senator lena taylor. also joining us john nichols, author of "uprising." he lives and works out of wisconsin, but...
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we were looking at a recent poll from the miami herald that looks at sort of obama and romney support. when you include cuban americans in the counting, president obama is leading by a slight margin, 51%. if, however, you look at it with cuban americans excluded from it, then all of a sudden president obama it leading at about 65%. obviousli obviously, that's an krags indication that you end up with national origin and other issues. >> i think florida is a microcosm for that diversity. in south florida, the miami area, you have a cuban american vote that's very republican. regardless of the generation. then you go into the i-4 corridor and you see the explosion of the puerto rican vote. interestingly enough, you have democrats but also a growing number of independents. then if you go even further, you have a smattering of mexican americans. what is the trend for the future there. it's not mexican americans in texas. it's going to be puerto ricans and cuban americans. we've been talking about latinos being pandered to. they're not. there's a lot of hot and heavy wooing going on. but th
we were looking at a recent poll from the miami herald that looks at sort of obama and romney support. when you include cuban americans in the counting, president obama is leading by a slight margin, 51%. if, however, you look at it with cuban americans excluded from it, then all of a sudden president obama it leading at about 65%. obviousli obviously, that's an krags indication that you end up with national origin and other issues. >> i think florida is a microcosm for that diversity. in...
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mitt romney came out knowing how it was polling. and a sure loser issue if you don't protect the rates from doubling he came out and said we need to keep these rates at 3.4%. there was a whole partisan assembly how to pay for that $6 billion price tag. >> and while the clock ticks. >> being able to ride a wave doesn't mean you control the water. >> i'm saying the party had none not taken a stance. he was first out on it, and the party rallied to that position. i think you'll see more of that, by just being the titular head of the party, he gets to set direction, he has no mechanism to pull, no real leaver power, but that was an example of seeing him exercise some of that presumptive nominee power. around an issue. >> we can't forget that mitt romney has turned into a completely different mitt romney when he was governor. in terms of power, it becomes does the tea party and the conservative wing of his party transform who he is. he thought nobody was looking and started talking about voter suppression, essentially and talking about t
mitt romney came out knowing how it was polling. and a sure loser issue if you don't protect the rates from doubling he came out and said we need to keep these rates at 3.4%. there was a whole partisan assembly how to pay for that $6 billion price tag. >> and while the clock ticks. >> being able to ride a wave doesn't mean you control the water. >> i'm saying the party had none not taken a stance. he was first out on it, and the party rallied to that position. i think you'll...
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over mitt romney in new hampshire, nevada and north carolina. these are just three battleground states. nbc news reported yesterday that the president in polls taken over the past three weeks holds leads in six more battleground states. that makes nine, including iowa, which is already voting and ohio, which starts voting in person on tuesday. the president also has a six-point lead in the gallup poll compared to just five against senator john mccain four years ago. so president obama is in a good position, no doubt. but i think the actor samuel jackson made the point in a new children's story style video this week in which he implores lethargic, complacent, dissatisfied 2008 obama voters to, well, listen. >> sorry, my friend but there is no time to snore. an out of touch millionaire has just declared war on schools, the environment, unions, fair pay. we are all on our own if romney has his way. he is against safety nets. if you fall, tough luck. i strongly suggest that you wake the -- up. >> remember the heidi game, people. this election is not
over mitt romney in new hampshire, nevada and north carolina. these are just three battleground states. nbc news reported yesterday that the president in polls taken over the past three weeks holds leads in six more battleground states. that makes nine, including iowa, which is already voting and ohio, which starts voting in person on tuesday. the president also has a six-point lead in the gallup poll compared to just five against senator john mccain four years ago. so president obama is in a...
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he is polling way ahead of the democrat. it's really quite tight in the presidential race, but then the romney campaign just pulled out their folks. we're at 47%, 4 % with the president with a bit of a lead, but that goes back and forth depending on the polls, and you have the romney campaign pulling their people out focussing on ohio as though to say we've got this covered in north carolina. can one of these races impact the other? >> they certainly can. there are instances of that. i that i that there's a good argument, for example, that in ohio in 2008, that was the difference in the presidential election was the winner of that race, and it was quite close in ohio. that having -- this isn't quite a down ballot race, but a down ballot issue. the gay marriage amendment there may have raised turnout enough to give the election to the republicans. i had a student that did a senior thesis for me. he was an ohioan, and he looked closely into this, and he made a pretty strong case that that was what the difference was. now, we c
he is polling way ahead of the democrat. it's really quite tight in the presidential race, but then the romney campaign just pulled out their folks. we're at 47%, 4 % with the president with a bit of a lead, but that goes back and forth depending on the polls, and you have the romney campaign pulling their people out focussing on ohio as though to say we've got this covered in north carolina. can one of these races impact the other? >> they certainly can. there are instances of that. i...
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. >> "the new york times" cbs news poll that shows that americans basically reinforces exactly this idea that the president is coming in at about 51% on the idea that he's better at handling foreign policy whereas romney is down just over a third. again, i think challengers always have that problem vis-a-vis a sitting president. certainly, he's not doing any favors here. i want to ask a little bit about the president's handling of this middle east question for a moment. let's listen to the president being asked a question about whether or not egypt is still ally and his response. i thought this was a fascinating part that went underreported a bit this week. >> would you consider the current egyptian regime an ally of the united states? >> i don't think that we would consider them an ally. but enemy. >> we certainly know that mubarak was an ally. this new democracy in the aftermath of the uprisings we're hearing. not an ally, not an enemy. was this brilliant or a gaffe. >> this is when i get concerned. we consider you an ally as long as you behave. the second that you perhaps challenge am
. >> "the new york times" cbs news poll that shows that americans basically reinforces exactly this idea that the president is coming in at about 51% on the idea that he's better at handling foreign policy whereas romney is down just over a third. again, i think challengers always have that problem vis-a-vis a sitting president. certainly, he's not doing any favors here. i want to ask a little bit about the president's handling of this middle east question for a moment. let's...
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mitt romney needs 79. let's take a look at presidential polls. this is the latest nbc news wall street marist poll of three of the states holding the yellow gumballs, ohio, virginia and florida. in both florida and virginia, president obama leads romney by five points among voters. 49% to 44%. in ohio, the president leads by seven points, 52-43. if the election were held today and they voted the way the polls predicted, the total electoral votes president obama would win from those three states, florida, ohio, and virginia, that would equal 60 more electoral votes. that is almost double the 33 votes he needs to win. a win in any of the other would just be icing on the president's victory cake. of course, the election is not being held today. there are more than seven weeks to go and three debates before the elections. the polls also reveal that most people have already made up their minds about how they are going to vote. numbers are not looking good for mitt romney. neither is the news. governor romney has spent the election trying to convince u
mitt romney needs 79. let's take a look at presidential polls. this is the latest nbc news wall street marist poll of three of the states holding the yellow gumballs, ohio, virginia and florida. in both florida and virginia, president obama leads romney by five points among voters. 49% to 44%. in ohio, the president leads by seven points, 52-43. if the election were held today and they voted the way the polls predicted, the total electoral votes president obama would win from those three...
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help wall street, and the financial institutions, romney. overwhelmingly, and which candidate is atuned to the interests of the rich, romney, so they get at the certain level everything that obama and the democrats are saying about romney and the approach to the economy, and yet there is an impulse that is sort of exists perpetual perpetually in the present tense, if you are anxious, you want to blame the person in charge and not explore context and that is what romney is building the campaign around, because the economic message is so incoherent in so many ways to cut the deficit and cut taxes and zap the revenue, and it has the appeal, because at some point people want to get rid of obama, and that is the poll. >> and is it a class maretivnar because he is best for wall street and best for me, and is that because we have a long tradition in the country of not believing that social class matters and whatever is good for rich folks is also good for me. >> i honestly thought that 2008 killed that. >> you thought that we had figured it out. bu
help wall street, and the financial institutions, romney. overwhelmingly, and which candidate is atuned to the interests of the rich, romney, so they get at the certain level everything that obama and the democrats are saying about romney and the approach to the economy, and yet there is an impulse that is sort of exists perpetual perpetually in the present tense, if you are anxious, you want to blame the person in charge and not explore context and that is what romney is building the campaign...
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. >>> there was a vice presidential debate, with sarah palin, joe biden, also a new poll shows mitt romney is closing the gap, but could walmart moms help the president? results of a new study. plus, office politics, new jersey governor sharing her thoughts, and something she shares in common with ronald reagan, plus thoughts on the heartland, and what could help the president. >>> and big bird, fighting for his life. melissa, fighting for her voice, tea, honey. >> i got to tell you, we were watching big bird, just clapping. >> just laughing, go big bird. >> thank you, alex. >>> and up next, i think it is time to redefine what strong looks like. stay top of mind with customers? from deals that bring them in with an offer... to social media promotions that turn fans into customers... to events that engage and create buzz... to e-mails that keep loyal customers coming back, our easy-to-use tools will keep you in front of your customers. see what's right for you at constantcontact.com/try. >>> okay i know i am at risk of sounding like i'm part of that saturday night live skit that spoofed the
. >>> there was a vice presidential debate, with sarah palin, joe biden, also a new poll shows mitt romney is closing the gap, but could walmart moms help the president? results of a new study. plus, office politics, new jersey governor sharing her thoughts, and something she shares in common with ronald reagan, plus thoughts on the heartland, and what could help the president. >>> and big bird, fighting for his life. melissa, fighting for her voice, tea, honey. >> i got...